Adaption of the classic batsu game from Gaki no Tsukai in which six contestants must keep silent during a penalty to earn cash. Each round, the contestants pick a card and whoever gets the skull and crossbones (they count to three then turn their cards over) must endure whatever penalty is chosen from a slot machine like device.
I know that youtube has clips of the original show (a full collection of them is floating around somewhere) so that is the best way to describe the show. I for one am so glad they brought over one of my favorite penalties; old man greeting, a definite must see. Here is to hoping that they bring all the classics stateside, from a hot teabag slap to getting an RC car rammed into your forehead. I do not know if they had it in Gaki no Tsukai, but MTV, if by any chance you are reading my blog, FFS make one of the aired penalties a kick by a professional Muay Thai fighter.
/Started on Monday (June 15, 2009) apparently
//I can understand the show being a half hour though
